HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Brian Harman went to sleep Friday night with his two-round score one stroke above the cut line at the RBC Heritage.

When he awoke Saturday morning, he hadn’t done anything different, but the cut had moved one shot higher. Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik, one of 17 players completing their rounds Saturday morning after rain suspended play Friday evening, missed a 5-foot par putt on No. 18 and moved the number to 2-over-par 144, same as Harman’s.

“I woke up around 9 and saw that I was good to go,” the Savannah native said.

Harman said he wasn’t bothered by not knowing if he was still in the tournament.

“Obviously I wanted to play,” Harman said. “It’s out of your control. I went to bed just like I go to bed every night. Happy to wake up this morning and see I had a chance to play and glad that I at least took some advantage of it.”

The 26-year-old was good to go, riding a fast start to card a 2-under 69, his best round of 11 contested at Harbour Town Golf Links as an amateur or professional. Last year, in his pro debut, Harman made the cut more easily with the aid of a second-round 70.

Saturday’s round followed a 71 on Thursday and Friday’s 73, when his stellar putting touch of a day earlier deserted him as wind conditions worsened and he had a harder time reading the greens. He said the course “was relatively benign” Saturday with weaker wind conditions.

“I was happy with the way I played,” he said of Saturday’s effort. “Anything under par around this place is always good. I was pleased with that.”

Opening on the back nine, he sank a 15-foot, 4-inch putt for birdie at No. 12, then birdied the par-4 No. 3 on a 6-4 putt to move to even par.

On the par-3 17th, Harman capitalized with a 19-1 putt to drop to 1 under and was bogey-free for his first 11 holes.

“That (No. 17) hole’s always given me fits over the years,” Harman said, who was 3 under for the round with that birdie. “That one felt nice.”

He was back to even par for the tournament with a bogey at the par-4 No. 3, then drained a putt from 27 feet, 6 inches to birdie No. 5, and gave it back on the next hole with a bogey after missing from 15-2.

“The front nine was really gettable today,” Harman said. “I’m a little disappointed that I couldn’t get it around that side better than 1 over. I made a couple of good putts for par and hung in there and got some bad breaks, but I didn’t let it get me too down.”

He heard a lot of “Boos” on Saturday, but that was only because he was playing with Boo Weekley, a two-time Heritage champion (2007-08) and crowd favorite from East Milton, Fla. Harman said he was very pleased to be grouped with two good friends in Weekley and Matt Every of Jacksonville Beach, Fla.

“It always makes it easier,” said Harman, an avid outdoorsman like Weekley. “Boo is one of my favorite guys to play with out here. We’ve gotten a chance to play together a few times. He’s a hoot.”

Harman looked relaxed, smiling and sharing a few laughs between shots. But even if he was sent home Saturday morning, he would have taken it in stride.

“If you miss (the cut), you get to New Orleans a day early,” he said of the next tournament on the PGA Tour schedule. “It might help you out anyway. I’m glad to be here. I didn’t feel any different today than I do any other day. Just another day at the office.”